Switching off Lights for an hour

Yes - and listen to some music in the dark if I can find where to put the CD...

<Wonders if Las Vegas will go dark> wry smile.

A better question is to ask is "Are you planning to do anything significant about climate change?". There are very few meaningful options available to most of us.

will they put the lights out in Canary Wharf?
I bet they don't.

I fell asleep (with the lights out)

I hope you limted youur carbon dioxide output whilst you were asleep.

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:
A better question is to ask is "Are you planning to do anything significant about climate change?".

Yes, we've already done it!

No kids in our lives.

Ian

Me too. Kids in my life, but they're not mine. My DNA stops here.

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Originally posted by ianmacd:

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Originally posted by winkyincanada:
A better question is to ask is "Are you planning to do anything significant about climate change?".

Yes, we've already done it!

No kids in our lives.

Ian

None here either!

I've got enough for all of you

Is this a Naim thing?

No kids here either!

Chaps

Switching off lights is a waste of time, most bulbs are low wattage.

If you really want to lower your electricity consumption, swith off the air conditioning.

Use fans instead as they use a fraction of the power.

Regards

Mick

Can anyone tell me if this is true?

I had the impression that with new eco bulbs it can be more efficient to leave them on than switch them repeatedly on and off as this causes a surge of power to 'start' them each time.

Did I get hold of a modern myth?

Bruce

PS Childless here too. Perhaps those green lights on the front of Naim kit make you sterile. I think we should be told!

A green light on the front of my Naim kit.................... I hadn't noticed.............................. oh yes, isn't it pretty

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Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:


Did I get hold of a modern myth?

That could be deemed as sexual harassment

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Originally posted by Diccus62:

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Originally posted by Bruce Woodhouse:


Did I get hold of a modern myth?

That could be deemed as sexual harassment

"Big breaths now"
"Yeth, and I'm only thirteen"

Bruce

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I had the impression that with new eco bulbs it can be more efficient to leave them on than switch them repeatedly on and off as this causes a surge of power to 'start' them each time.

Did I get hold of a modern myth?

It's a myth in that sense. It's not in the sense that it lowers the life of the bulb, new ones has to be manufactured which uses energy and they has to be transported which uses energy, etc, etc. There is of course a breakpoint where leaving it on will use up more total energy.

BUT! Remember, the heat from the bulb (all the energy put into the bulb will eventually be turned into heat) will help to warm your house, you will use less energy in the heating system to reach the same indoor temperature. Not much of a waste there.

And a final tip to you Britts on how to save on the heating bill. Better insulation of the house. Cheapest in the long run.

JohanR

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Originally posted by Mick Parry:
Chaps

Switching off lights is a waste of time, most bulbs are low wattage.

If you really want to lower your electricity consumption, swith off the air conditioning.

Use fans instead as they use a fraction of the power.

Regards

Mick

Not many UK homes have air-conditioning so switching it off could be difficult.


Cheers
Steve